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Craftsman 486.241322 Owner's Manual page 5

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Attach the brace rod to the square hole in the
sweeper housing using two 5/16"x
3/4" carriage
bolts, 5/16" flat washers and 5/16" hex lock nuts.
Place bolts heads on inside of sweeper housing.
Do not tighten
at this time. See figures 2 and 3.
5/16"'
HEX
LOCK
NUT
5/16"
x 3/4"
CARRIAGE
BOLT
BRACE ROD
5/16"
FLAT WASHER
FIGURE 2
SWEEPER
HOUSING
NOTE:
Before assembling
the hitch bracket to the
hitch tongue, refer to figure 3 below and to page 10 to
determine which hitch position is required for your
towing vehicle.
Align the front
holes in the hitch bracket and the
hitch tongue. Loosely assemble
a 3/8" x 3/4" hex
bolt and a 3/8" hex lock nut as shown in figure 3.
Next, fasten the brace rod to the back hole in the
hitch bracket using the brace rod clip, a 3/8" x
1-1/2" hex bolt and a 3/8" hex lock nut. Do not
tighten
at this time. See figure 3.
3/8"'
x 3/4"
HEX BOLT
HITCH POSITION "'B'"
SEE PAGE 10
3/8" x 1-1/2"
_)
HEX BOLT
=
BRACE ROD CLIP -
--F_L_
_,
BACK
"_'_
SWEEPER
HOUS,NG HOLEjJ,$
BRACE ROD_
HITCH
-= - -________t
3/8"
HEX LOCK NUTS _
=
FIGURE 3
Tighten
(do not overtighten)
the two hex nuts used
to secure the hitch tongue in figure 1, making sure
the brace rod is under the brace rod clip and pulled
back tight against the bolt. See figure 1,2 and 3.
Now tighten
all other bolts assembled
so far.
Remove the two 5/16" hex nuts, 5/16" lock washers
and 5/16" curved washers from the height adjust-
ment tube. Assemble
the height adjustment
handle
to the two curved head bolts in the height adjust-
ment tube. Slide the handle as far as possible in
the direction of the arrows in figure 4. Reassemble
the two 5/16" lock washers, 5/16" curved washers
and 5/16" hex nuts and tighten.
See figure 4.
Assemble
the grip onto the height adjustment
handle. See figure 4.
5116" HEX NUT
_16"
WASHER
CURVED
WASHER
GRIP
HEIGHT
ADJUSTMENT
HANDLE
CURVED
HEAD BO_
HEIGHT
ADJUSTMENT
TUBE
FIGURE 4

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